Indonesia and South Korea have inked two new deals for the joint development of the new Korean Fighter Experimental (KF-X) 4.5 generation fighter jet by Korean Aerospace Industries. DefenseNewstakes a look at the announcement, reporting Indonesia’s Defense Ministry will invest approximately US$1.3 billion in the program. Prashanth Parameswaran at The Diplomat also takes a look at the deal here.

Albert Palazzo, Director Research in Strategic Plans Army, has published a new research paper entitled ‘Forging Australian land power: a primer’. It’s intended as a guide for those thinking about the future of the Australian Army, providing analysis of historical trends in Army’s capability development, policy and structure.

Controversy continues over the decision to open all combat roles to women in the US military. Marine Corps General John Kelly, commander of US Southern Command, recently opined that the decision was likely to generate pressure to decrease military standards. Kelly supposes a future in which physical standards are lowered to allow female infantry troops to advance professionally. The Marine Corps has also been directed to improve gender integration in boot camp and to make all job titles gender neutral.

We Are The Mighty lists the five most legendary snipers of all time. American Sniper author Chris Kyle comes in at number three, and fourth place belongs to Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev, famously depicted by Jude Law in Enemy at the Gates. Check out the full article to see who takes the gold medal.

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Alice Slevison, Mercedes Page and James Mugg are research interns at ASPI. Image courtesy of Flickr user US Navy.